If you still view Jackson's epic with scepticism I implore you to put down your preconceptions and your prejudices, but most of all put down the books. "Definitive" is not strong enough of a word. Mortensen's Aragorn is emotionally dextrous to go with his physical dexterity, he is sensitive, seemingly empathic, warmer and more fundamentally human, and yet super-human in presence and charisma. Mortensen's portrayal in Jackson's frame brings new aspects to the Aragorn character.
The overriding emotion that Tolkiens vision of Aragorn induced (at least for me) was awe at his heroics. His performance is visceral and yet sensitive. Viggo Mortensen goes from strength to strength. Mr Hill's performance was truly first rate, a performance which contributed greatly to "The Battle of Helms Deep", scenes which were a spinning tornado of emotions for the viewer. The casting for "The Two Towers" makes one shake ones head and wonder, in retrospect, whether anyone else could have filled these roles. Probably the most definitive casting of this film though was Manchester born Bernard Hill as Theoden, King of Rohan. Douris _Became_ Wormtongue in a skillful fulfillment of what was already inspired casting. A truly skin-crawling performance by a superb Brad Douris as the evil Grima Wormtongue was just beyond words. Not even John Ronald Reuel himself could induce that range of emotions for Smeagol in me. Gollum is profoundly disturbing, amusing, almost lovable. Instead the way that Jackson and Serkis (and doubtless many many others) chose to portray the CGI incarnation of "Smeagol" was incredibly emotive and powerful.
Gollum was an excellent amalgam, so easily could he have been an annoying Jar-Jar-Binks-Alike. This second installment of the story is a masterpiece in every sense, forget your prejudices about the books, they are another way of looking at this beautiful story (I know this is slightly against the rules, but a I cannot resist saying that a previous writers comment - a comment that compared the Lord of the Rings Films and Books to the difference between Romeo and Juliet in screenplay and ballet formats - was entirely accurate). Mr Jackson deserves every ovation he will receive, every award, every bit of the praise and adoration that will be spoken and written. Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings is one of the bravest projects ever attempted by a filmmaker. It seems ridiculous to want to add my own comments to a slew of others that are already in IMDB's records, but I feel like I cannot sleep nor cease the throbbing in my chest until I release some of what I have so recently seen.
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